Anne
Serene's Trans Reference Site
This website contains transgender information from a transgender
perspective, via the collective work of people who teach various
disiplines including: women's studies, psychology, sociology, gender
study, social work, transgender study, queer studies, anthropology,
etc.
Gender
Evolve
They support the transgender community by providing an internet portal
linking the best websites catering to crossdressers, transvestites,
transsexuals, and all transgender people.
Gender
Talk
Gender Talk is the leading worldwide weekly radio program that talks
about transgenderism in the first person. Each week they present news,
information, and exciting new voices that challenge traditional views
of gender, and more.
Gender
Trust - UK
This is the only Registered Charity in the United Kingdom which
specifically helps adults who are Transsexual, Gender Dysphoric or
Trangender i.e. those who seek to adjust their lives to live as women
or men, or to come to terms with their situation despite their genetic
background.
International
Journal of Transgenderism (IJT)
This is an electronic journal of scholarly work in the area of
transgenderism, which publishes peer-reviewed, original articles on a
quarterly basis.
Sexuality.org
Transgenderism Archive
TG Forum
This is an online community that has many resources, and offers free
web space for small TG groups.
Trannyweb
This website is run by Katie Glover in England, but the members are
from all over the globe. You'll find discussion forums, chat rooms,
news articles, and other transgender resources.
Trans FM
Trans FM is a network of talk shows that deal with the subject of
gender, transgender, and intersex issues.
Transgender
Day of Remembrance
The Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those
who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The event
is held in November to honor Rita Hester, whose murder in 1998 kicked
off the “Remembering Our Dead” web project and a San Francisco
candlelight vigil in 1999. Since then, the event has grown to encompass
memorials in dozens of cities across the world.
Transgender
Expressions
International Transgender Peer Support
Transsexual
Women's Resources
This web site is designed to empower transsexual women by providing
factual information, informed opinion, and personal narrative. This
site is maintained by Anne Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D.
Tri-ess -
The Society For The Second Self
An international social and support group for heterosexual
crossdressers, their partners, the spouses of married crossdressers,
and their families.
American
Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)
The national professional society represents naturopathic physicians
who are licensed or eligible for licensing as primary care providers.
Founded upon a holistic philosophy, naturopathic medicine combines safe
and effective traditional therapies with the most current advances in
modern medicine. Naturopathic physicians (N.D.s) are the highest
trained practitioners in the broadest scope of naturopathic medical
modalities.
American
Society of Health-system Pharmacists (ASHP)
The mission of the ASHP is to advance and support the professional
practice of pharmacists in hospitals and health systems and serve as
their collective voice on issues related to medication use and public
health.
Harry
Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association, Inc. (HBIGDA)
The HBIGDA is a professional organization devoted to the understanding
and treatment of gender identity disorders. They have approximately 350
members from around the world, in the fields such as psychiatry,
endocrinology, surgery, psychology, sexology, counseling, sociology,
and law.
Professional
Medical Credentials
This is a list we put together of various health care related titles
and credentials.
Quackwatch
Quackwatch, Inc., (founded by Dr. Stephen Barrett in 1969) which was a
member of Consumer Federation of America from 1973 through 2003, is a
nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds,
myths, fads, and fallacies. Its primary focus is on quackery-related
information that is difficult or impossible to get elsewhere.
Trans-health
Trans-health.com is a volunteer-run website providing information on
health and fitness for trans persons.
Drug
Digest
Drug Digest is a noncommercial, evidence-based, consumer health and
drug information site dedicated to empowering consumers to make
informed choices about drugs and treatment options. This is a really
good source for researching information about specific drugs.
Drugstore.com
This is a drug retailer, but the website contains a lot of helpful
information about the individual drugs used in hormone therapy.
Inhouse
Pharmacy
This is a drug retailer, but the website contains a lot of helpful
general information about hormone therapy, and about the individual
drugs themselves.
John R.
Lee, M.D.
This site focuses on natural hormone therpay, as an alternative to
conventional hormone therapy using synthetic hormones.
SafeMedication.com
This is the consumer website of the ASHP, and it's MedMaster database
is a good research tool for getting information about specific
medications.
United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville MD 20857-0001
1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332)
United States
Pharmacopeia (USP)
The USP is an independent, science-based public health organization,
which is the official public standards-setting authority for all
prescription and over-the-counter medicines, dietary supplements, and
other healthcare products manufactured and sold in the United States.
Vitamin
Shoppe
This is an herbal supplement retailer, but the website contains a lot
of helpful information from Healthnotes, Inc. (http://www.healthnotes.com)
about various herbs used as alteratives to drugs in hormone therapy.
Gender
Education and Advocacy (GEA)
The GEA is a national organization focused on the needs, issues, and
concerns of gender variant people in human society.
Gender Public
Advocacy Coalition (Gender PAC)
Gender PAC works to end discrimination and violence caused by gender
stereotypes by changing public attitudes, educating elected officials,
and expanding human rights.
Human Rights
Campaign (HRC)
Founded in 1980, HRC is America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender civil rights organization. It provides a national voice on
GLBT issues, effectively lobbies Congress, mobilizes grassroots action
in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect a fair-minded
Congress, and increases public understanding through innovative
education and communication strategies. HRC is a bipartisan
organization that works to advance equality based on sexual
orientation, gender expression, and sexual/gender identity to ensure
that GLBT Americans can be open, honest, and safe; at home, at work,
and in the community.
International
Foundation for Gender Education (IFGE)
The IFGE is a non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1987. Its
purpose is overcoming the intolerance of transvestitism and
transsexualism brought about by widespread ignorance. Since then, as
our own consciousness evolves, we have rededicated ourselves to
outreach through education for the emancipation of all people from
restrictive gender norms.
Intersex
Society of North America (ISNA)
The ISNA is devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and
unwanted genital surgeries for people born with an anatomy that someone
decided is not standard for male or female.
National
Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE)
The NCTE is a national social justice organization devoted to ending
discrimination and violence against transgender people through
education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender
people.
National
Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC)
NTAC works for the advancement of understanding and the attainment of
full civil rights for all transgendered, intersexed and gender variant
people in every aspect of society and actively opposes discriminatory
acts by all means legally available.
PFLAG Transgender Network
Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) promotes
the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
persons, their families, and friends through: support, to cope with an
adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and
advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights.
Tennessee
Equality Project (TEP)
Their mission is to promote and sustain the equality of gay, lesbian,
bisexual, and transgender persons in the State of Tennessee, through
the establishment of fair and equitable laws protecting these rights,
and the elimination of laws that would seek to counter this effort.
Equality is meant to include the protection of human and civil rights
and the elimination of prejudice and discrimination.
Tennessee
Transgender Political Action Committee (TTPAC)
The TTPAC is an organization designed to educate and advocate on behalf
of transgender related legislation at the federal, state, and local
levels. The Committee is dedicated to raising public awareness and
building alliances with other organizations concerned with equal rights
legislation.
The
Transgender Fund
The main goal of The Transgender Fund is to support qualified
initiatives fostering understanding, respect, acceptance, and freedom
of expression for all those struggling with issues of gender identity.
Transgender
Law and Policy Institute (TLPI)
The TLPI a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective
advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts
and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed
to advance transgender equality.